Efforts by Colorado Republicans to avoid contentious primaries are continuing in the state’s 3rd Congressional District, Steamboat Today reports. State Rep. Scott Tipton, of Cortez, and Army veteran Bob McConnell, of Steamboat Springs, are running to replace U.S. Rep. John Salazar, D-Colo., in Congress. Republican District Attorney Martin Beeson, of Garfield County, also is in the race.